Ken Pomeroy

Basketball Prospectus

Ken Pomeroy has been doing quantitative analysis on college basketball for about ten years. He first experimented with team power ratings, before delving into the finer points of team analysis three years ago when he began posting college statistics on his website, kenpom.com. More recently, Pomeroy’s work has expanded into player analysis as well, where he now computes advanced metrics on all college basketball players in Division I.

Ken currently writes for Basketball Prospectus, after spending two years writing for espn.com. He has also contributed his statistical analysis to the Houston Rockets and Baylor University. He has a Bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from Virginia Tech and a Master’s degree in atmospheric science from the University of Wyoming. Ken is a meteorologist by trade, and currently lives in Salt Lake City.